Turkish Anadolu
Agency’s photojournalist, Mosaab Elshamy, was given the Award of Excellence in
the world’s most important media photo contests “Pictures of the Year
International” (POYi).
Mosaab Elchamy
won the award for a picture taken in Egypt during clashes between anti-coup
protesters and Egyptian government forces.
His photograph was also named one of
the year’s best pictures by Time magazine and featured on the first page of the
New York Times.
Pictures of
the Year International (POYi) is the oldest and most prestigious
photojournalism program in the world. POYi began as an annual competition for
photojournalism in 1944, and is now an international professional development
program for visual journalism.
It is a non-profit, academic program
dedicated to journalism education and professional development, affiliated with
the Missouri School of Journalism.
Bernama and Anadolu are members of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA)
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